Note the following statements coming out of the latest Mideast meetings with Rice. I'm encouraged that the link between success in Iraq and land (to the original green line) to the Palestinians is coming out in the media. What Next? We can only hope and pray.
Saeb Erekat, an aide to Abbas, said:
"The seriousness Dr. Rice reflected yesterday was genuine," he said. "She reflected seriousness, interest. She reflected an understanding of the bigger picture of what is going on in the region, and the need to put this thing behind us, the Arab-Israeli conflict."
Arab allies have been asking the Bush administration for some time to work harder for an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement, arguing that the lingering conflict undermines efforts to make progress on other Mideast problems, including in Iraq and Iran.
Arab officials said they now will propose a broad bargain to Rice, dubbed "Iraq for Land."
The deal reflects widespread Arab feeling that a lasting Middle East peace is impossible unless Israel agrees to hand over lands it occupied during the 1967 Mideast war to the Palestinians
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